“When we think about an economic problem, the first answer that occurs to us is not always the correct one.” — Jean Tirole Copy Share Image
“decisions made by economic actors (households, firms, the state) are constrained by limited information.” — Jean Tirole Copy Share Image
“Equality of opportunity in education aims to insure us against disparities arising from the situation in which we are born” — Jean Tirole Copy Share Image
“Wealth acquired by creating value for society is not equivalent to wealth that comes from economic rents. For example, a very important factor in… — Jean Tirole Copy Share Image
“exacerbated eagerness to exploit the ignorance and prejudice of voters.” — Jean Tirole Copy Share Image
“Not only are we subject to cognitive biases, we also frequently seek out things that reinforce them. We interpret facts through the prism of… — Jean Tirole Copy Share Image
I should pay attention to what I know and not talk more just because I won a Nobel Prize. — Jean Tirole Copy Share Image
“The polarization of terms of employment between an ultraflexible fixed-term contract and an ultrarigid permanent contract divides the labor market between those who spend… — Jean Tirole Copy Share Image
“staying safely in the ivory tower is much more comfortable for academics,” — Jean Tirole Copy Share Image
On Economic Nobel Prize 2014: I see one of my daughters is on Skype with me from London and in fact it is actually… — Jean Tirole Copy Share Image
“medical students at Harvard made significant errors5 when calculating the probability that a patient had cancer” — Jean Tirole Copy Share Image
